Top surnames from the 1881 census in Yarborough, Lincolnshire

Yarborough is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Lincolnshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH134.77943.39
EMMERSON124.4118446.10
KIRK114.044193.38
HAY103.6765100.20
SNOWDEN103.6765413.22
MOTLEY93.30882,571.43
LUCAS82.941263.59
BURKITT82.94121,481.48
HEWSON82.9412360.36
DOBSON82.941266.67
GRUNDY72.5735125.67
BATEMAN72.573599.57
SOWDEN72.5735454.55
BLOOD72.5735642.20
ROBINSON62.20596.92
BATTY51.8382120.19
WINN51.8382189.39
RICHARDSON51.838210.80
TAYLOR51.83822.87
MOORE51.83829.19
WARD51.83828.41
MASON51.838213.67
DARBY41.470691.53
HALES41.4706102.56
DYAS41.47061,250.00
ATKINSON31.102911.33
EMMITT31.10291,875.00
DRURY31.102969.44
HODGSON31.102915.92
GOODLEY31.10291,666.67
ROWSON20.7353204.08
BINGHAM20.735350.00
HALL20.73532.50
STEPHENSON20.735312.85
LOWIS20.7353588.24
GRANT20.73537.41
KETTLEWELL20.7353240.96
ROWE20.735312.95
DRAYTON20.7353208.33
NORRIS20.735317.12
HILL10.36761.44
TYSON10.367628.17
DOLEMAN10.3676454.55
STOTHARD10.3676166.67
CROWSON10.3676169.49
HUTTON10.367612.32
CLARKE10.36761.81
BRANT10.367690.91
BEECHAM10.3676136.99
BARTON10.36766.81

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
MOTLEY0.272722571.4286
EMMITT0.272721875.0000
GOODLEY0.272721666.6667
BURKITT0.272721481.4815
DYAS0.272721250.0000
BLOOD0.27272642.2018
LOWIS0.27272588.2353
DOLEMAN0.27272454.5455
SOWDEN0.27272454.5455
EMMERSON0.27272446.0967
SNOWDEN0.27272413.2231
HEWSON0.27272360.3604
SWINDLE0.27272357.1429
KETTLEWELL0.27272240.9639
DRAYTON0.27272208.3333
ROWSON0.27272204.0816
WINN0.27272189.3939
CROWSON0.27272169.4915
STOTHARD0.27272166.6667
BEECHAM0.27272136.9863
GRUNDY0.27272125.6732
BATTY0.27272120.1923
HALES0.27272102.5641
HAY0.27272100.2004
BATEMAN0.2727299.5733
KIRK0.2727293.3786
DARBY0.2727291.5332
BRANT0.2727290.9091
DRURY0.2727269.4444
DOBSON0.2727266.6667
LUCAS0.2727263.5930
BINGHAM0.2727250.0000
HAZELL0.2727247.3934
SEATON0.2727243.4783
LING0.2727238.9105
TYSON0.2727228.1690
NORRIS0.2727217.1233
HODGSON0.2727215.9151
MASON0.2727213.6724
ROWE0.2727212.9450
STEPHENSON0.2727212.8535
HUTTON0.2727212.3153
ATKINSON0.2727211.3250
RICHARDSON0.2727210.7991
MOORE0.272729.1929
WARD0.272728.4147
GRANT0.272727.4102
ROBINSON0.272726.9180
BARTON0.272726.8074
BURTON0.272724.3159

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 272 people called MOTLEY in Yarborough at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 2571.4286 in Yarborough means that 2571.4286% of the people in Yarborough on census day were called MOTLEY.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called MOTLEY in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called MOTLEY as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called MOTLEY here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called MOTLEY here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.27 in Yarborough means that you are 0.27 times as likely to find someone with the surname of MOTLEY in Yarborough than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Yarborough in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ATKINSON (3)  BARTON (1)  BATEMAN (7)  BATTY (5)  BEECHAM (1)  BINGHAM (2)  BURKITT (8)  BLOOD (7)  BORRILL (1)  BOSNELL (1)  BRANT (1)  BRATLEY (5)  BRUNTLET (1)  BURTON (1)  CLARKE (1)  COXSON (4)  CROWSON (1)  DARBY (4)  DOBSON (8)  DOLEMAN (1)  DRAYTON (2)  DRURY (3)  DYAS (4)  EMMERSON (12)  INGREN OR EMMERSON (2)  EMMITT (3)  FOTHERBY (1)  GOODLEY (3)  GRANT (2)  GRASHAM (5)  GRUNDY (7)  HALES (4)  HALL (2)  HAZELL (1)  HAY (10)  HEWSON (8)  HILL (1)  HODGSON (3)  HUTTON (1)  JOLL (1)  JOHNSON (1)  KETTLEWELL (2)  KIRK (11)  LARDER (11)  LAYTHORPE (2)  LOWIS (2)  LING (1)  LUCAS (8)  MASON (5)  MOORE (5)  MOTLEY (9)  NORRIS (2)  PLASKITT (6)  ROWSON (2)  RICHARDSON (5)  RISDALE (1)  ROBINSON (6)  ROWE (2)  SEATON (1)  SMITH (13)  SNOWDEN (10)  STANDLOFT (1)  STEPHENSON (2)  STOTHARD (1)  SOWDEN (7)  SWINDLE (1)  TAYLOR (5)  TYSON (1)  VAMPHEW (1)  WARD (5)  WINN (5)